Summer Golf Tour

A great long summer full of golf and it never seemed to stop!!

I was twice part of the U14 French team, firstly in the UK on tour during August and then at Evian in September where we came 3rd. In the French Boys championship I was knocked out in a play off at Qtr Final stage. Moving onto the English Boys I came 3rd and then followed it up with a 4th in the Scottish Boys. In the Mens Lille Grand Prix in September I came 2nd with a final day -5. Earlier in the summer at the Mens GP at Brigode I had done a first day -5.

I have more Mens Grand Prixs lined up over the next few weeks and then the season ending Tournoi Federal Jeunes in theSouth of France.

Winner – Scotland – European Champion

The start to the seasonwas great : winner in Spain, semi-finalist at Omaha Beach in U16 category, winner U14 GP Jeunes at Le sart, 2nd place at Bondues GP U14, 19th place at the Mouchy competition at Fontainebleau, 5th GP Bondues….

But then in June I went back to Scotland to take part in the US KIDS European Championship. This was my 6th time in the competition, every year improving my position.

And this time it just felt right: with 71-75-71, I won by 3 shots. Very happy !!

Winner – Spain – GM Junior Open

As I do every year I visited Spain in January to take part in the GM Junior Spanish Open, U14 category.

It was held at the fabulous La Cala Resort on the Asia course.

Great weather, great course set up a satisfying win 🙂

Going back next year of course !!

PART OF THE FRENCH TEAM

The season 2015 finished on a great note for me.

At Chiberta in the Tournoi Federal Jeunes (year end competition for the top 40 boys and girls in France) after 3 low rounds (69, 70, 71) I finished in second place and was selected to play in the FRENCH team against Spain. This was such a proud moment for me and was a massive performance.

For the team we had two matchplay games each and then a singles match on the deciding day just like in the Ryder Cup. My Singles match could not have been more perfect with a 7&6 win. A fantastic week !!

Now it is winter training training and looking forward to 2016.

Tournoi Federal Jeunes

Wow, what a long summer that was !!

The French Championships started great with a good top 10 in the strokeplay but unfortunately I could not progress in the matchplay section.

But I followed that up with two great tournaments with the FRENCH TEAM in England and Scotland. In England I had three good rounds to get 10th place and then in Scotland I nearly won, but narrowly lost out in a play off 🙁

Getting back to France I played in my first ever French Men’s Amateur Championship and then played in lots of Men’s Grand Prixs…. best result was 4th at Brigode.

Next up is the Grand Prix at Le Touquet and then the big Tornoi Federal des Jeunes where the winners qualify to play for France against Spain !

The season is not over yet 🙂

Next Stop – Junior French Championships

The last month has been hectic with non-stop competitions every week, but it has been great.

This has included:

– European championships in Scotland, at Gullane, where I can 8th, scores of 77-74-75

– the men’s Grand Prix at Le Sart, where I can 12th with scores of 77-74-74-72

– the regional qualification at the PGA Vaudreuil where I came 2nd with 75-73

– U17 club team championships where Bondues got to the semi-finals.

So next up for me is the finals of the French Championships in Bordeaux, then directly off to play in the English Boys and then the Scottish Boys !!!

Next stop: European Championships – Scotland

After the success at the County Championships, my next competition was the Club team 2, division 2 championships at the Golf de Limogues.

I had a great time there with the team especially as I shot the lowest score of the team with 74-74.

My handicap is now 3.8 🙂

Next big competition is the European Championships run by USKIDS and that starts in just a few days!!

Nord Pas de Calais County Championship

So the first phase of the qualifications for the French Championships are over and the good news is that I qualified for the regional championships to be held in July at Golf de Vaudreuil.

I came second at Golf de Dunkirk by one shot and then I won at Golf du Sart by one shot 🙂

But the most important is yet to come….. only 5 will qualify from the regional championships to go to the Finals in Bordeaux so fingers crossed I make it.

Other news is that I made it into the mens second team at Bondues so next week from May 5th we are off to Limogues to take part in the Division 2 championships.

The weekend after that will be the Grand Prix at Thumeries.

Qualification Part 1/3 – Golf de Dunkirk

Weekend spent practising and at the INESIS fitting centre.

Changed shafts in my driver from medium to a regular ALDILLA. Feels much better now, more shape, longer, higher, and a nice draw.

Thursday off to Dunkirk Golf Club to do a practise round with first phase of the Qualification for the French Championships (county) to be held Saturday and Sunday !!

Grand Prix des Jeunes – Bordeaux part 2/2

Back from Bordeaux….. great result for me,…. 6th place in the Benjamin category.

77-76

Weather was pretty awful, rain, wind and chilly. But it was good practise on the golf course where the Championnat de France will be held later this year.

So next for me is maybe the Grand Prix (mens) at Chantilly-Lys ….. I am on the waiting list,….. if not I will do some practise ready for the first qualification for the County Championship (2 days at Dunkirk, then 2 days at Le Sart).